This location was one of the largest collections of equipment ever assembled for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen.

This Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) diagram shows the complex.

Some background-

In 1914, America's war-time supply of nitrates became vulnerable.

National concerns resulted in the passage of the National Defense Act in 1916.

Some $20 million was appropriated by congress for the construction of two nitrate plants.

One plant was to test the German Haber process.

The second plant was to experiment with the American Cyanamide process.

Muscle Shoals was selected in 1917 for the first plant due to the location and the hydro potential of producing 680,000 kilowatts of electricity, more than twice the capacity of Niagra Falls. Construction started on Plant # 1 in October of 1917.

In November of 1917, the government announced that the second plant to experiment with the American Cyanamide process would also be built in Muscle Shoals.

This virtually ensured the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam.

I would like to try this one. There are several in Etowah & Blount Co. I'll show this one to ADVMAX. Caution! some of these cross private property & may or may not be fenced..Some of us Ala. red necks are not to MC friendly

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